Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 281 286
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 -72
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 472 560 626
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.77% 1.06% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.16% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 210 284 405
10th Percentile £41,756 £46,625 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,495 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -2.78%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £126,625 £96,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,307 48,088 54,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.63% 90.91% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 29,027 23,255 41,501
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +13 417 £70,000 +3.70% 380
London +82 239 £85,000 +9.68% 104
UK excluding London -63 173 £62,500 -3.85% 347
Work from Home +16 171 £75,000 +15.38% 231
South East -22 52 £57,500 -11.54% 122
North of England -13 37 £75,000 +11.11% 53
Midlands -20 37 £60,500 -3.20% 48
West Midlands +3 24 £57,500 -9.80% 21
Yorkshire +1 20 £72,500 +11.54% 24
East of England +32 16 £60,100 -17.10% 50
North West -2 16 £75,000 +7.14% 21
South West -21 15 £62,500 -3.29% 39
Northern Ireland +2 11 £75,000 +26.20% 6
East Midlands -32 11 £80,000 +33.33% 26
Wales +6 5 £55,000 -10.96% 18
Scotland -12 3 £42,000 -29.33% 22
North East -1 1 - - 11

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.39%) Confluence
2 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.64%) CMS
4 2 (0.42%) CICS
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.42%) MTS
5 1 (0.21%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.85%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.18%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.06%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.85%) Shopify
5 3 (0.64%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.21%) Magento
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.62%) SaaS
2 49 (10.38%) AWS
2 49 (10.38%) Azure
3 23 (4.87%) Power Platform
4 18 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.60%) GCP
6 14 (2.97%) H2O.ai
6 14 (2.97%) OpenShift
6 14 (2.97%) Pulumi
7 13 (2.75%) GitHub
7 13 (2.75%) PaaS
8 10 (2.12%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (1.27%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.85%) Collibra
10 4 (0.85%) Google Analytics
10 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.42%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.24%) Broadband
2 10 (2.12%) HTTP
3 8 (1.69%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.48%) WAN
5 6 (1.27%) LAN
5 6 (1.27%) RTP
6 5 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.06%) Wireless
7 4 (0.85%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.64%) Multicast
9 2 (0.42%) 5G
9 2 (0.42%) ATM
10 1 (0.21%) 4G
10 1 (0.21%) GPRS
10 1 (0.21%) LTE
10 1 (0.21%) Modbus
10 1 (0.21%) Network Security
10 1 (0.21%) SAN
10 1 (0.21%) Value-Added Service
10 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.30%) Relational Database
2 21 (4.45%) Metadata
3 20 (4.24%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.24%) Power BI
4 19 (4.03%) RDBMS
5 15 (3.18%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.69%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.27%) SAP BW
8 5 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.06%) Tableau
9 4 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.64%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.42%) DB2
12 1 (0.21%) Big Data
12 1 (0.21%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 29 (6.14%) JIRA
2 14 (2.97%) Jaeger
3 4 (0.85%) ERwin
4 3 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.64%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
General
1 177 (37.50%) Finance
2 172 (36.44%) Social Skills
3 101 (21.40%) Marketing
4 88 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (9.75%) Banking
6 41 (8.69%) Legal
7 38 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (6.99%) Retail
9 31 (6.57%) Financial Institution
10 26 (5.51%) Manufacturing
11 23 (4.87%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (4.87%) Law
12 22 (4.66%) Public Sector
13 19 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (3.39%) Electronics
16 15 (3.18%) Digital Economy
17 14 (2.97%) Telecoms
18 11 (2.33%) Publishing
19 10 (2.12%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 131 (27.75%) Product Manager
2 72 (15.25%) Lead
3 60 (12.71%) Senior
4 30 (6.36%) Senior Manager
5 25 (5.30%) Product Owner
6 22 (4.66%) Senior Product Manager
7 21 (4.45%) Product Lead
8 19 (4.03%) Product Management Director
9 17 (3.60%) Digital Product Manager
10 16 (3.39%) Change Manager
11 14 (2.97%) Security Engineer
12 12 (2.54%) Architect
12 12 (2.54%) Data Manager
12 12 (2.54%) Developer
13 10 (2.12%) Development Engineer
13 10 (2.12%) Senior Development Engineer
13 10 (2.12%) Senior Software Development Engineer
13 10 (2.12%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.12%) Software Development Engineer
13 10 (2.12%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.03%) REST
2 14 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (2.97%) Keras
2 14 (2.97%) OpenTelemetry
2 14 (2.97%) PyTorch
2 14 (2.97%) TensorFlow
3 13 (2.75%) YAML
4 6 (1.27%) .NET
5 5 (1.06%) EDI
5 5 (1.06%) FastAPI
5 5 (1.06%) Flask
6 4 (0.85%) Node.js
7 3 (0.64%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.64%) JSON
7 3 (0.64%) OAuth
7 3 (0.64%) React
7 3 (0.64%) SAML
7 3 (0.64%) Vue
7 3 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (17.58%) Product Ownership
2 54 (11.44%) Onboarding
3 33 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (6.36%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.60%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.75%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.12%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.12%) Social Media
8 8 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.48%) IoT
9 7 (1.48%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (1.48%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.06%) Data Fabric
10 5 (1.06%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.85%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.81%) Linux
2 14 (2.97%) Unix
3 4 (0.85%) Windows
4 2 (0.42%) zOS
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (51.06%) Roadmaps
2 194 (41.10%) Agile
3 134 (28.39%) Product Roadmap
4 113 (23.94%) Product Strategy
5 105 (22.25%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (20.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 88 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (16.31%) AI
9 76 (16.10%) Analytics
10 74 (15.68%) User Experience
11 72 (15.25%) Mentoring
12 68 (14.41%) Information Security
13 62 (13.14%) Decision-Making
14 61 (12.92%) Product Vision
15 60 (12.71%) Computer Science
16 56 (11.86%) Business Development
16 56 (11.86%) Coaching
17 53 (11.23%) Project Management
17 53 (11.23%) User Stories
18 51 (10.81%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.53%) Python
2 35 (7.42%) SQL
3 31 (6.57%) Java
4 18 (3.81%) Go
5 15 (3.18%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.97%) Bash
7 13 (2.75%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.06%) C#
9 3 (0.64%) C++
10 2 (0.42%) COBOL
10 2 (0.42%) JCL
10 2 (0.42%) PHP
10 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.21%) R
11 1 (0.21%) Scala
11 1 (0.21%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 108 (22.88%) Degree
2 51 (10.81%) Master's Degree
3 48 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 34 (7.20%) Security Cleared
5 22 (4.66%) SC Cleared
6 16 (3.39%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.91%) MBA
8 8 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.48%) PMP
10 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.85%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.64%) CISM
11 3 (0.64%) CISSP
11 3 (0.64%) CSPO
11 3 (0.64%) HNC
12 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.42%) CITP
13 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.36%) QA
2 21 (4.45%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.60%) Accessibility
5 16 (3.39%) NIST
6 14 (2.97%) NCSC
7 6 (1.27%) ISO 20022
8 5 (1.06%) GDPR
8 5 (1.06%) IFRS
8 5 (1.06%) SLA
9 4 (0.85%) PMO
9 4 (0.85%) SEPA
10 3 (0.64%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.42%) COREP
11 2 (0.42%) FINREP
11 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.21%) GMP
12 1 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (4.03%) Docker
2 3 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.64%) vSphere
3 2 (0.42%) RACF
4 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (4.03%) Kubernetes
1 19 (4.03%) Terraform
2 14 (2.97%) Ansible
2 14 (2.97%) Argo
2 14 (2.97%) Kustomize
2 14 (2.97%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (9.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.14%) Google
3 19 (4.03%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.81%) Databricks
5 15 (3.18%) Dell
6 14 (2.97%) NVIDIA
7 12 (2.54%) SAP
8 6 (1.27%) Foundry
8 6 (1.27%) Oracle
8 6 (1.27%) Zoho
9 5 (1.06%) Adobe
10 4 (0.85%) Sage
10 4 (0.85%) YouTube
11 3 (0.64%) Apple
11 3 (0.64%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.64%) ION Trading
11 3 (0.64%) Patsystems
11 3 (0.64%) Reuters
11 3 (0.64%) Tenable